Sentences with phrase «hold their feet to the fire in»

States must demonstrate that they appreciate that with greater flexibility comes greater responsibility, and the department must continue to hold their feet to the fire in terms of ensuring that all kids have access to a quality education.

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I also view it as my responsibility to hold the leadership team's feet to the fire on this issue,» Huffington wrote in a company blog post after the meeting.

He is also not holding their feet to the fire to monetize or become profitable in a hurry.

«We are doing what journalists throughout said mainstream media are supposed to do: challenge the conventional wisdom, hold politicians» feet to the fire, ask tough questions, report facts that are in many cases inconvenient truths for career politicians, and give a voice to the millions of people worldwide who have had theirs taken away from them by world elites who consider the ordinary person beneath them,» Boyle said, pointing to Breitbart's record July traffic as evidence Americans «hunger for something different.»

In am a lot more tolerant of believer folks than I come off as, I just like to hold their feet to the «linguistics» fire.

If we need to try and buy Rabiot as a replacement, having ~ 30m less to do it isn't ideal since I would expect PSG to hold any PL team's feet to the fire in negotiations for a starter on their squad.

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In that time, Obama has been punched from all sides — from conservatives, of course, using both legitimate arguments and the made - up fantasies of the right - wing fringe, but also from the Left, as activists and bloggers try to hold his feet to the liberal fire.

Clinton also paid tribute to Warren in Time magazine recently, saying: «She never hesitates to hold powerful people's feet to the fire: bankers, lobbyists, senior government officials and, yes, even presidential aspirants.»

«Despite criticism from some quarters, I have been firm in my resolve to keep the Mayor's feet to the fire and hold out for a three - person debate that includes all of the Democratic Primary candidates.

«We need to look at the people we put in power and hold their feet to the fire,» he said.

She hopes that «everyone's feet are held to the fire» in Congress, saying that gridlock has made residents unhappy.

The party now realises that it has to come together, it has to unify, it has to stay on the pitch and hold the Government's feet to the fire on Brexit, and that's why they've given me the biggest mandate in the history of the party today.»

The North West England MEP said he would keep his seat in the European Parliament to «hold the Government's feet to the fire» during the talks on leaving the EU.

The only hope for restoring public confidence in the leadership of the Housing Authority is an independent monitor, and I will not relent in holding NYCHA's feet to the fire until one is appointed,» said Public Housing Chair Ritchie Torres.

Although a court battle seems unlikely, a spokesperson says that Wolf plans to keep a close eye on Holdren and his colleagues in the coming year and «hold their feet to the fire» to ensure compliance.

Mike holds Cole's feet to the fire as Cole lays out character flaw after character flaw for Saoirse Ronan's persona in what is destined to be one of the most overrated films of all time.

On the second, ED is seriously holding IN's feet to the fire regarding its recent legislative action related to Common Core and PARCC.

Of course, if the governor had not peevishly insisted in the first place on holding teachers» feet to the fire on test scores while simultaneously making watershed changes in their practice, New York would likely never have experienced the immune response we have seen — particularly among affluent parents in the state's politically powerful suburbs.

Our heaving community would do well to stop rioting in the reading room and pay attention to which fires they now can hold the Chandlerian and Grandinettian feet.

It was a great 4 years and I personally am very happy to have lived through a period with Dell competing and holding others feet to the fire in the PDA market.

Where were the personal finance journalists to hold John Bogle's feet to the fire when he spoke out of both sides of his mouth in so many of his speeches?

[NB: Plus we still have an activist, Natlata Partners, on the register with a chunky 14.75 % stake — hopefully, they're in for the long haul & will continue to hold management's feet to the fire].

Would be nice to have an activist investor or two (Laxey or similar) join us in size, to hold feet to fire!

That said, STAR CITIZEN is far from launching, arguably far from beta (by «beta» I mean the original idea of being «feature - complete», having all the elements of gameplay in the game, even if they don't have all the regions / planets / stars / etc.), so keep on holding their feet to the fire.

Most (though not quite all, and the tone in print can «sound» a bit harsher than one might have intended, something I've learned the hard way) of which I think are valid concerns and are justified in holding the feet of the most successful crowdfunded project to the fire.

They fail to put provisions in their agreements that really hold the licensee's feet to the fire.

We will continue to hold the government's feet to the fire on making our justice system responsive to the needs of all people in BC.

Democrats in Washington seem befuddled and powerless, the Mueller investigation is ominous yet seems to be one more cabinet shake - up away from being stopped, but Avenatti and Daniels have been out there holding Trump's feet to the fire.

Noting that Vonage's liability in any litigation may come from «minor» violations of SEC regulations, a writer at Techdirt comments: «Fortunately for the law firm, there's nobody to hold their feet to the fire for such a minor mistake.»

Thus it holds the buyer's feet to the fire to pursue the fulfilling of conditions in good faith knowing that they not only will lose that amount but perhaps also more for damages.

From the seller's point of view it holds the buyer's feet to the fire, reduces the risk of brokerage error in releasing the funds and maintains the deposit as the minimum amount of available damages.